ealet
Class XMLer

java.lang.Object
  ealet.XMLer

public class XMLer
extends java.lang.Object

This class is responsible in transforming the calendar, which is in linked list form, to XML. It does so, manually; that is, the structure and elements are hard-coded. If there is any change in the calendar data structure, it will be affected; may be rendering it non-functional.

Constructor Summary

XMLer()

Method Summary

void	elementContent(int indentLevel, java.lang.String content) Places the contents with proper indentation and appends it to the XML document.
void	endElement(int indentLevel, java.lang.String elem) Creates the end tag for an element with proper indentation and appends it to the XML document.
java.lang.String	makeIndent(int indentLevel) Makes concatinated blank space for indentation
void	startElement(int indentLevel, java.lang.String elem) Builds the begin element including attributes if the element has any and appends it to the XML document.
void	startElement(int indentLevel, java.lang.String elem, java.lang.String att, java.lang.String attValue) Builds the begin element including attributes if the element has any and appends it to the XML document.
void	to(java.lang.String fileName) Writes the document to a file
void	transform(java.util.LinkedList[] calendarYear, java.lang.String propertyFolder) Transforms calendar to XML document.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

XMLer

public XMLer()

Method Detail

transform

public void transform(java.util.LinkedList[] calendarYear,
                      java.lang.String propertyFolder)

Transforms calendar to XML document. The calendar comes in linked list form. Saddly, this method is littered with hard-coded stuff, but it works.

Parameters:

calendarYear - A linked list consisting of Ethiopian calendar

propertyFolder - A context path

Since:

2.0

makeIndent

public java.lang.String makeIndent(int indentLevel)

Makes concatinated blank space for indentation

Parameters:

indentLevel - How deep the indent should be

Returns:

An indentation

Since:

2.0

startElement

public void startElement(int indentLevel,
                         java.lang.String elem)

Builds the begin element including attributes if the element has any and appends it to the XML document.

Parameters:

indentLevel - How deep the indent should be

elem - The name of the element

Since:

2.0

startElement

public void startElement(int indentLevel,
                         java.lang.String elem,
                         java.lang.String att,
                         java.lang.String attValue)

Builds the begin element including attributes if the element has any and appends it to the XML document.

Parameters:

indentLevel - How deep the indent should be

elem - The name of the element

att - The name of the attribute

attValue - The value assigned to the attribute

Since:

2.0

elementContent

public void elementContent(int indentLevel,
                           java.lang.String content)

Places the contents with proper indentation and appends it to the XML document.

Parameters:

indentLevel - How deep the indent should be

content - The actual data

Since:

2.0

endElement

public void endElement(int indentLevel,
                       java.lang.String elem)

Creates the end tag for an element with proper indentation and appends it to the XML document.

Parameters:

indentLevel - How deep the indent should be

elem - The name of the element

Since:

2.0

to

public void to(java.lang.String fileName)
        throws java.io.IOException

Writes the document to a file

Parameters:

fileName - A target file in which content is written

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Since:

2.0